Improvement in buttoners



G. 1). STEVENS. Buttonern No. 208,435. Patented Sept. 24, 1878.

NI'IED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE D. STEVENS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPRVEMENT IN BUTTONERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,435, (lated September 24, 1878; application filed August 8, 1878.

T0 aZZ whom z't mag; concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. Srnvnns, of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and nsefnl Improvement in Buttoners, whieh i111- provelnent is fully set forth in the following speeification, reference beng had to the 21eeompanying drawing, in whieh Figure 1 represents a side view of my buttoner. Fig. 2 shows the same attaehed to t vest.

Si1nilar letters in dieate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to bnttoners for shoes and gloves; and consists in the eombnation, with a link-shaped bnttoner, adapted at one end 'or buttoning shoes and at the other end for buttoning gloves, of a ehain 0r oord having one end attaehed 1:0 said buttone1 by a slipping ring, and the other end attaehed to a eharm, as will be herenafter more partieularly deseribed.

In the drawing, the letter A designates rny buttoner. B is the eharm, and 0 is a chain by whieh the two are eonnected together.

The bnttoner A is eomposed of an elongated link, preferably of wire, which is so shaped that both of its ends aan be used for buttonin g, zmd so that one end forms a shoe-buttoner and the other end a glove-buttoner. I thus prodnce & very useful artiele at a trifiing oost.

The eharm B may be composed of any desrable ornament, and may, if desired, be conneeted to the bnttoner A by a oord in lieu of the ehain O. By passing the buttoner A through a button-hole in a vest or other gar- 1nent, so as to bring the bat-toner on the inside of the vest and the eharm B on the out-side thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, the buttoner is seeured to the garment without marring its appearance, and so that it aan be readily detaehed. The ehain G is attaehed to the buttoner by a slipping ring, 0, vvhieh may be easily moved from one end of the buttoner to the other, so that either the shoe or glove buttoner may be nsed, as desired.

In order that the buttoner may be held snugly and seeurely on the inside of the vest when not in use for buttoning purposes, and also that it may be adapted for use with large shoe-buttons with small shanks, the large end of said buttoner is provided With a narrow extension, a, whieh, while the larger portion is adapted t0 pass over the button, is capable only of embraeing the shank, end, of eourse, een slip upward t0 escape. In securing the bnttoner to a ladys vest, the large porton is passed over a button, and the narrow extension drawn upon the shank, the buttoner 112W- ing been previously passed inwardly through the button-hole of the button next above that t0 whieh attaehed, with the eharm hanging out by the ehain.

What I claim as new, and desire 1:0 secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new a-rLele of manufaetnre, the linkshaped buttoner A, made wder at one end than the other, te adapt it for a shoe or gloy-e" buttoner, the wide end being eonstrueted with a narrow extension, a, and provded With a slip ring, ehain, and suitable ornament, for the purpose of seeuring it in the button-hole of 211 vest or other garment, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th da-y of August, 1878.

GEO. D. STEVENS.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

